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incuriousness|ɪnˈkjʊərɪəsnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being incurious; = incuriosity 1.
1610Bp. Hall Apol. Brownists §6 Maruell at this silent and sociable incuriousnesse. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. iii. xv. 83 Jesus found his apostles asleep, gently chiding their incuriousnesse. 1751Chesterfield Lett. (1792) III. cclxvii. 222 How many are there..who, from laziness, inattention, and incuriousness, will not so much as ask for it. 1877R. F. Burton in Athenæum 3 Nov. 569/1 Signor Romolo Gessi..neglected, with true unscientific incuriousness, to land at the southernmost extremity. |